Jack Was Every Inch a Sailor

Now, 'twas twenty-five or thirtyyears
Since Jack first saw the light;
He came into this world of woe
One dark and stormy night.
He was born on board his father's ship one day
As she was lying to,
'Bout twenty-five or thirtymiles
Southeast of Bacalhao.

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Jack was every inch a sailor,
Five and twentyyears a whaler,
Jack was every inch a sailor,
He was born upon the deep blue sea.

The whale went straight for Baffln's Bay
'Bout ninetyknots an hour,
And ev'ry time he'd blow a spray,
He'd send it in a shower.
"Oh, now," says Jack unto himself,
"I must see what he's about."
He caught the whale all by the tail
And turned him inside out.